Inhaler.



H. J. MILLER.

INHALER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 1915.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

AFFIiFiFIIIIIFJIJIIJII" W l I I g z M/Q INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY WITNESiZ? THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 00-. WASHINGTON. D. c

HENRY JOSEPH MILLER, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

INHALER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed February 13, 1915. Serial No. 7,977.

To all whom it may concern." 7

Be it known that I, HENRY J OSEPH. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Fort IVayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Inhalers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in inhalers of that class intended to be applied to the nostrils and worn in position for more or less protracted periods of time, and the object thereof is to provide a device of its class of extreme simplicity and lightness, and formed so that it may be applied in one position or another according to the particular physical formation of the patient and in this manner obtain comfort in wearing the device by various patients.

The object of the improvement is accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device partly cut away and in section; Fig. 3 is a transverse central section of Fig. 2, and Fig. at is a plan view of the barrel shown partly cut away and in section.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views and referring now to the same: (A) is a barrel consisting of a cylinder open at each end and having an opening (B) midway between its ends in its upper side. A boss (C) is formed upon the exterior of the barrel coincident with the opening (B). Within the barrel, upon each side thereof and at the point of the opening (B) is formed a fillet (D) for the purpose hereinafter stated. At each end of the barrel is formed a reinforcement (E) and from the upper part of the reinforcement extends a perforated ear (F) through which extends an elastic cord (G) that is used for holding the device in place upon the patient.

A cup shaped nasal piece (H) having an externally threaded shank (J) is connected to the barrel by screwing its shank into the opening (B) and between the fillets (D),

there being threads made in the barrel in the inner face of the opening and in the adjacent faces of the fillets adapted to receive the shank. Thus a long threaded connection between the barrel and nasal cup is insured. The upper portion of the cup (H) is made'of sufficient length in one direction as to reach beyond both openings of the nostrils and one side (K) of the cup extends higher than the other side (L) for the purpose hereinafter mentioned. An opening (M) extends from the cup proper through its shank so that when the cup is connected with the barrel air may be drawn from the latter through the opening into the cup.

The device may be constructed of any suitable material and is especially desirable when made of hard rubber because of the lightness in weight of that material and be cause of its tendency to resist corrosion.

In using the device a quantity of absorbent material such as cotton is inserted into each end of the barrel and a proper quantity of the aromatic or medicinal substance to be inhaled is introduced into the cotton. The cup is then placed into position so that it covers both openings of the nostrils and is held .in position by tying the cord around the head of the patient. It is the intention that the cup shall be drawn squarely against the anterior end of the nasal organ and there held in place without allowing the barrel to press uncomfortably against the patients upper lip, and therefore one side of the cup has been made higher than the other so that the device when applied may be caused to set at a different angle by merely reversing its position. For instance: a patient having a pendant nose would likely find the device more comfortable to wear when applied with the high side (K) of the cup toward the upper lip, while one having .a tip-tilted nose would wear the device in the opposite positionso that the low side (L) would extend inwardly. Thus it will be understood that the device may be applied with a pitch suited to variously formed noses. As respiration takes place a vapor is generated by the passage of air through the medicated cotton and passes into the respiratory organs of the system.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the class described consisting of an open-ended barrel having in one of its sides a threaded opening and hav ing also internal threaded fillets, one upon each side of the opening, and an elongated nasal cup adapted'to cover both nasal openings and having a threaded hollow shank that extends into the barrel through the open-ended barrel having a threaded open-v.

ing made in the side and having alsoan internal fillet on each side of said opening, and a nasal cup having a threaded shank fitting in said openingv and between said Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

fillets, there being a passageway through 10 Washington, D. C. z 

